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People gather to watch news on Yahya Sinwar’s fate, the day after Israel announced it had killed the Hamas leader, in a makeshift roadside cafe in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. War-weary Palestinians there expressed one emotion again and again: relief.
Middle East
The New York Times

Autopsy results reveal how Hamas leader Yahya Sinwa died

The director of Israel’s national forensic institute has described the findings from an autopsy after the leader of terrorist group Hamas was killed.

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The Israeli army says a drone recorded a video of Yahya Sinwar in a chair in a destroyed building. (AP PHOTO)
Middle East
Staff Writers

Israel, Hamas vow more war despite Sinwar’s death

Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah have vowed to keep fighting in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, dashing hopes that the death of Palestinian militant leader Yahya Sinwar might help end the war in the Middle East.

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Former Bolivian president Jeanine Añez leaves the Miraflores women's prison in La Paz in handcuffs guarded by police officers to attend her trial on October 17, 2024. - A court in La Paz will begin a criminal trial on Thursday against former Bolivian president Jeanine Áñez, for allegedly planning a ‘coup d'état’ against the then president, Evo Morales, in 2019. (Photo by DANIEL MIRANDA / AFP) DANIEL MIRANDA
World
Staff writers

Bolivian ex-president jailed for decade faces new trial

Jeanine Anez has been accused of terrorism, criminal association and improper use of influence over the 2019 protests that forced then-president Evo Morales out of office.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) speaks at a rally in Durham, N.C., for the first day of early voting, accompanied by former president Bill Clinton, right. MUST CREDIT: Cornell Watson for The Washington Post
World
The Washington Post

Bill Clinton back in spotlight for Kamala campaign

The former president appeared with Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz as part of a multi-state tour targeted at mobilising rural and Black voters.

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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, delivered a mixed bag at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.
World
Jill Colvin

‘Don’t give a s---’: Trump gets testy at Catholic event

Trump delivered a number of one-liners that drew hearty laughs at the Catholic charity dinner. But he also questioned the mental fitness of Harris and President Joe Biden before delivering a profanity.

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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed during a ground attack in Rafah.
Opinion
Mark Almond

Sinwar’s death sends a grim message to Israel’s enemies

Make no mistake, Sinwar’s death is belated justice for terrible crimes. The man was a monster.

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Photos from Liam Payne’s Buenos Aires hotel room emerge following death.
World
Georgie Kearney

Photos from Liam Payne’s hotel room emerge after star’s death showing utter chaos

The 31-year-old fell from the third floor of the hotel on Wednesday evening local time.

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Liam Payne at an event in 2023.
World
Georgie Kearney

Fury as US media outlet publishes image of Liam Payne’s dead body

The website sparked outrage by sharing the photo soon after the 31-year-old singer died.

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The measure, which extends a surrogacy ban in place since 2004, has been slammed by opponents as discriminating against same-sex couples.
World
Giada Zampano and Paolo Santaluca

Outcry after nation bans having kids via surrogacy abroad

The measure has been slammed by opponents as discriminating against same-sex couples.

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Ukrainian servicemen of Khartia brigade fire D-30 Howitzer towards Russian positions in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.
World
Mark Nicol

Putin poised to send 10,000 North Korean troops to Ukraine

The Kremlin is said to have paid North Korea to send personnel to the front in a deal struck on president Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Kim Jong Un. 

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Fox News’ Bret Baier grills Vice President Kamala Harris in the Democrat candidate’s first interview on the conservative network.
World
Zeke Miller

‘Let me finish’: Harris’ heated clash in Fox News interview

Vice President Kamala Harris clashed with host Bret Baier in a tense interview on conservative Fox News as she tried to sway undecided Republicans, while Trump performed a delicate balancing act in his pitch.

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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the singer’s death.
Music
Molly Magennis

Inside the hotel where former One Direction star Liam Payne was found dead

The 31-year-old reportedly fell from the third floor of the hotel on Wednesday evening local time.

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China’s aggressive approach to the international standardisation of new technology is paying dividends for the Asian superpower.
Business
The Economist

China is writing the world’s technology rules

It is setting standards for everything from 6G to quantum computing.

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during an interview with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait during an event with the Economic Club of Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
US Politics
The Washington Post

Trump says Capitol riots were ‘love and peace’

Former president Donald Trump was involved in a heated clash at a speaking event at the Economic Club in Chicago, where he claimed his 2021 transfer of presidential power was ‘very peaceful’.

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Former US speaker Nancy Pelosi has unloaded on Israeli Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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US Politics
Latika M Bourke

‘Never believed in peace’: Pelosi’s furious Netanyahu spray

The Former US speaker has unloaded on the Israeli PM, claiming a two-state solution in the Middle East would never be viable with him.

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